Pro Installer September 2016 - Issue 42 | Page 23

PRO INSTALLER SEPTEMBER 2016
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PERFECT‘ FIT AND FORGET’ PRODUCT

Window installers are facing tough demands from savvy consumers who want the very best thermal efficiency from their windows- and TruFit ® helps them offer energy-efficient installations that maintain Window Energy Ratings( WERs).
The expanding foam edge tape from Edgetech UK has recently been added to the Glazpart trade counter product range, making it easier for installers to get supplies.“ The rise in popularity of trade counters has given Glazpart the opportunity to supply them with essential, top-quality consumables for window installation companies,” says Dean Bradley, sales and marketing manager at Glazpart.“ We’ ve had an impressive response to Tru- Fit, especially as the regulations to include foam fitting tapes happened so recently.
People are sometimes hesitant to change the traditional ways that they’ ve tried and tested for years to something so different. But once installers start using TruFit, they think it’ s fantastic.” As well as preventing up to 23 % less heat loss than traditional wet sealant methods, TruFit can also help to save installers time and money as West Country Windows has found. Managing director Ken Ashplant at the Yeovil-based fabricator and installer said:“ There’ s no need to scribe trim around windows and doors with TruFit.
‘ You get a perfect, straight line that’ s really pleasing to the eye’
“ Because stone and brick apertures have so many indentations, our installation teams would have to scribe a bead section to go with a particular contour if they were using silicone. But with TruFit, it’ s just fit and forget. You get a perfect, straight line that’ s really pleasing to the eye – it’ s a real time saver.” TruFit can be installed in all weather conditions, helping installation companies to keep jobs on schedule. And as there’ s no need for silicone or extra trims when fitting with TruFit, it offers cleaner lines, that make it perfect for installing coloured window frames too. Ken added:“ Trying to match silicone with coloured frames can be a bit hit and miss and overspill from the silicone on to the frames can make a mess.”
Get perfect straight lines with TruFit.

POWERING ENERGY EFFICIENCY

Edgetech UK claims few companies in the window industry have done as much as it has for energy efficient glazing over the years. From lobbying governments, sparking discussions and bringing the entire industry together in 2014 with the Triple Glazing Question event, this Coventry-based
component manufacturer has worked with insulating glass unit( IGU) manufacturers, systems companies, fabricators and installers. Starting in the US in 1989, Edgetech arrived in the UK five years later. In 2007 Edgetech started manufacturing Super Spacer flexible warm edge spacer in the
UK. The productivity benefits alongside the thermal efficiency of Super Spacer changed the face of IGU manufacturing. Creating cost effective, high performance units has always been the goal for Edgetech, and approximately one third of all units in the UK are made with Edgetech’ s spacer products.
In 2014, Edgetech’ s 25th anniversary year, it added more products to its portfolio, changing Edgetech from a single component manufacturer to a comprehensive component supplier for warm edge windows. For IGU manufacturers, the offer includes the award-winning Super Spacer Alpha
- said to be the best performing spacer in the world- a rigid warm edge spacer TruPlas, high performance desiccant TruSieve, and a simulated divided lite system SDL. Edgetech has also brought new opportunities for installation companies with glass protection system TruShield and expanding
foam installation edge tape TruFit. Edgetech is part of Quanex Building Products Corporation, a manufacturer of engineered components, products and systems serving window and door manufacturers in 94 countries worldwide.
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